Will Chile Win The World Cup?

[AB Editor]

Rachel Riley seems to think so:



But then maybe she gets paid to promote long odds?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014/chile-win-world-cup-says-3650274

What do you think? Could Chile come from the middle of the pack to a glorious victory?

(Note: AB's technical team is based in Chile, so we've got their happiness at stake!)

[sandyRoe]

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[AB Editor]

Here's some more reliable statistics:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/world-cup/

(or there will be shortly)

[berniecuddles]

good logo ED thx

[berniecuddles]

funny i was reading an article about Pele this morning he said Chile will do really well as they are a good team

[sandyRoe]

40-1 they might be worth a bet.

[AB Editor]

"40-1 they might be worth a bet."

I think so. It's worth a quid.

[ChillDoubt]

Have to admit I don't think I registered a word of that during the whole 2 minutes.....(sigh)

[redman41]

Football is un-predictable and at 40/1 Chile is a good bet.
Fprget all the hype and nonsense from the so called 'I know it all brigade', it's anyone's World Cup.
Good luck !!

[Ken4155]

Food for thought for a 'stats freak' like me but, having got it down to 2 teams, Colombia and Chile, she offered no explanation why she ruled out the former.

[AB Editor]

Looking at the Nate Silver blog World Cup Interactive, Chile have a 11% chance to get to the finals:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/world-cup/

[royfromaus]

I'm puzzled why she didn't start off with the most obvious stat.
No europen team has never won the world cup in S. America.

That will change this year.

[royfromaus]

Ever not never :(

[Ken4155]

Royfromaus; 7 S American hosted World Cups = 7 S American winners but also 5 European runners-up. So you may well be correct (though my money will not be on it) but which European team had you in mind?

[Ken4155]

And, of course, she was quite selective with her stats, discarding Brazil on the basis that no tournament fav had won since the 80s. But 6 host nations have won the World Cup.

[Maydup]

Off to a good start Ed! 2 goals in 13 minutes. Nice little warm up match for the team here against Oz.

[paddywak]

If they continue to perform like they did tonight The Netherlands have got to be in with chance

[ChillDoubt]

That's a good response from Oz and Cahill in particular, great header.

[AB Editor]

Not a bad show at all from Chile :)

Slightly overshadowed by the flying Dutchman earlier!

[AB Editor]

For a definitive answer, now apparent: No.

[royfromaus]

Ken4155
Royfromaus; 7 S American hosted World Cups = 7 S American winners but also 5 European runners-up. So you may well be correct (though my money will not be on it) but which European team had you in mind?

09:09 Fri 13th Jun 2014



Germany, Ken.